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40 Hilarious Comics You Might Like If You Have A Darker Sense Of Humor
Interview With Artist
This week, we've introduced you to some amazing cartoonists debuting on Bored Panda. Happily, we still have a few more artists who are excited to share their work with you in the upcoming days! The creator of the "Skull Pizza" comics is one of them.
We got in touch with Steve, the author of the series, to ask some questions about his work. Firstly, we wanted to find out what inspired him to create his own comic strip. The artist said: “I've always been a doodler, but I think it was in middle school that I first tried drawing comics. Once I made friends laugh with them, I was hooked. For years, I really wanted to do a daily newspaper strip, but it never really worked out. Between the necessities of life and struggles with ADHD, I've always struggled to make money from my art. These days, I mostly do it for the love of comics and to meet fellow cartoonists. Of course, the dream is still to be able to do it full-time, but I'm grateful anytime a little extra money comes my way from these silly drawings. I've been drawing my comic Murdercake (in the slow process of being renamed Skull Pizza) for about 11 years without being on anyone's radar, so it's gratifying to see people starting to notice my work.”
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We were curious about what themes and motifs the artist likes to feature in his series in particular. Steve shared with us: “I'm a big fan of horror movies, so a lot of jokes about spooky films and characters appear in my work. I like putting those characters in absurd or everyday situations. I draw comics about a certain hockey-masked fellow every Friday the 13th, for example.”
The author of “Skull Pizza” told us more about the characters featured in his strips: “My comics don't really have a set cast, but I have a lot of recurring characters, sort of like sketch comedy. Reader favorites seem to be The Agents of S.N.A.R.C., who show up at ridiculous crime scenes to make bad jokes; President Bear, a literal bear who was somehow elected commander-in-chief; Dracula, who has terrible luck with ladies; Krampus always shows up around the Holidays; and of course my ‘Shork Week’ comics that I've drawn every summer for six years running. There are always new characters being added or resurrected.”
Next, the artist revealed more details related to his creative process while working on the new strips: “I mostly work digitally these days on an iPad Pro. I'll hop around between Procreate, Clip Studio, Art Studio Pro, and Adobe Fresco. Each have their strengths, and I like experimenting with them all. I'll still do comics on paper once in a while, just for the fun of it. Sometimes I'll doodle an idea with a pencil on paper, then bring it onto the iPad to ink and color.”
Lastly, Steve told us about his biggest influences in the world of comedy and humor: “As a kid, I devoured Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County, and The Far Side. I also grew up watching reruns of The Kids in the Hall, which probably influenced my sense of the absurd. Now there's so much inspiration everywhere. You can't throw a rock without finding a brilliant comic on social media. This has led to meeting lots of hilarious artists who continue to influence my comics and let me bounce ideas off of them and (hopefully) make them better. Every Friday, I livestream a Drink & Doodle with Brian Gordon from Fowl Language Comics on FB Live (and soon probably Twitch), if you ever want to give us a silly prompt.”
I miss the days when boxes of breakfast cereal came with a little toy inside.
Wouldn't it take a couple of seconds? Like, maybe you could quickly take it off and on? Idk I don't feel like googling, but yet I can type all of this out.
The Twilight Zone sounds like a nice place to be in. If you get cheese with the wine that is.
For some reason the grimace here looks akin to A substance dealer.
